Oregon City Employee Suing Over Co-Worker Scent June 3, 2013 A Portland employee is suing the city, claiming she was sickened by a co-worker’s scented fragrance. The lawsuit from Bureau...
Agents Helping Agents in Recovery from Oklahoma Tornadoes June 3, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Twelve hundred homes damaged or destroyed, 33,000 people impacted and $2 billion in property losses. Those are damage estimates from...
Proposed California Measure Requires Doctor Drug Tests June 3, 2013 A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing, and...
Ohio Sees 12% Decrease in Narcotics Prescribed to Injured Workers June 3, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones There are close to 40,000 drug overdose deaths each year in the United States, and the number continues to rise,...
Oklahoma Completes Workers’ Compensation Overhaul May 20, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on May 6 signed a measure to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system, one that was...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Fund Plans to Return $1 Billion to Employers May 20, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Ohio’s governor and the state workers’ compensation fund want to return $1 billion in dividends to Ohio businesses, bolster workplace...
Homeowners not the Only Line of Insurance Affected by Texas Weather May 20, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones Nature’s Perils Drive Cost of Agent E&O Coverage, Too It’s well known that Texas has some of the highest homeowners...
Three Insurance Companies Placed in Liquidation in Illinois May 20, 2013 Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance and American Motorists Insurance Cos. have been placed in liquidation in Illinois, according...
E&O Insights: Restaurant and Tavern Risks May 20, 2013 By Curtis M. Pearsall Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type...
Florida Lawmakers Approve Medical Malpractice Reform May 20, 2013 By Michael Adams In a victory for medical malpractice insurers and physicians, Florida lawmakers have approved a series of tort reforms that among...